The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

COLUMBUS Jan, f0.--SRrArB.--A resolution
was offered and tabled discharglng the Demo
cratic clerks and sergeant ntatarma Bifs intro
duced: Allowing counties TO unite In erecting
o. N. g. 1rmorics authorizing Cincinnati to
erect City Building at u cost not TO exceed ef,-
0OO,0O0: enabling adjacent property-owners to
F, unite In erecting elevators
HOUSE. = Bills introduoed: Regulating ad-
| mission OF persons to penitentinry executions,
| and providing penalty for carrying letters to
and from prisoners; providing for publication OF
agricutu, oil, game and fish laws In the State
Agricultural Report; TO prevent persons from
usurping onicc; regulating tho manner OF
guarding and taking prisoners to the peniten-
tiary; providing for tho sale Of Six.mile Reser-
voir and the Wabash Cunal in Paulding Coun-
ty; repeating the section allowing sherifs in
criminal cases. A number OF petitions for local
option were presented.
COLUMBUS, JAM 1t.--SENATE.-Bills intro
duced: Preventing fraudulent entry on herd
oooks; amending the Picltaway County Jail not.
Resolutions Of respect to Senator Schneider
were adopted. The old clerks and sergcants-at-
arms were discharged and other officials elected.
HotsE.-Bill passed: Requiring the ndmis-
sion Of inmates Of chlldrens homes to the pub
lie schools. Bill lost: To prevent tho ooleo-
tion of notes obtained by fraud. Resolutions
adopted: Asking Congress to pnss law now
pending, to adjust claims Of tho States against
the General Government; asking Congress to
distribute to the States tho revenue raised
from the taxation Of dealers in liquors, tobacco
and cigars. Bills introduced: Codifying tho
canal laws; regulating tho width Of wagon-tires
In Hamilton County; providing that railroad
employees shall be examined as TO their ability
to distinguish signals instead Of all manner OF
colors; prohibiting tho killing OF quail untA
1890.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 12-SRgATR-Not in ses-
sion.
HousE.-Mr. Deyo offered Joint resolution
asking Congress to pass the bill providing for
properly marking certain battlefields Of the war
Of 1872 in the northwestern part Of this State.
Adopted. Mr.. Williams of Coshocton, from q
select committee, reported rules for the govern
ment of the House. Postponed until Friday
next, and made the special order for il o'clock.
The following bills were passed: To provide
Tor township superintcndcncy Of the common
schools, md nbolishing boards Of local directors
requiring school teachers 10 be examined in
physiology; further regulating the manner OF
admission to county infirmaries; better provid-
ing for distributing assistance 70 INDECENT SOL
diers; allowing girls to remain at the Soldiers
Orphans Home until eighteen years old.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 13.--SENATE-- Resolutions
| offered and tabled Asking Congress 70 restore
the wool tariff of 1867; to expel o reporter
Bills introduced: To appoint Board of State
School Examiners. number Of local bills
were passed and introduced.
HOUsE-Bills passed; Making appropriations
for the public schools; providing for o chaplain.
OF the penitentinry; further restricting Sunday
theatricals; changing the manner Of rendering
assistance to INDECENT soldiers. Bills introduced:
Providing for an ar1nory Of the o. N. G., In Gin
cinnati; preventing tho issuing Of warrants On
the State Treasury in certain cases; paying the
Hamilton County Board Of Equalization for ex-
tra services; requiring that Judgment on cog
novit shall be taken in the defendants oondi-
tion; increasing the salary of the Governor to
5000; preventing county officers from furnish
ing supplies for county institutions; prescribing
the manner Of contesting the election Of JUS
tices of the Peace; providing for the sole Of the
| canal In Cincinnati and tho construction Of q.
belt railroad; requiring each stockholder Of an
Incorporated company TO list his stock for tax
| alton.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 14-SENATR-Bflls were In
troduccd increasing tho penalty for carrying
concealed weapons; providing for closing wells
to prevent the escape Of natural gns; enabling
| foreign insurance companies TO do business In
Ohio without making the special deposit. A
resolution to investigate charges against re-
porter was amended SO os TO provide for IN In
| vestigating committee. Adjourned TO Tuesday.
HousI.-Adtourned 70 p. N. Tsesdny with
out transacting any business